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noun
The property of not being in balance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: asymmetry, dissymmetry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
Narrower terms: irregularity, geometrical irregularity, lopsidedness, skewness, radial asymmetry, handedness, laterality, footedness, eyedness
noun
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: instability, unbalance
Antonyms: balance
Broader terms: disequilibrium
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English imbalance From im- + balance.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
